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JAMES ROY GILLESPIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordJames Roy Gillespie, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 36
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- HENRY JOE GORDONLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- CARL ALLEN HARRISFirst Lieutenant · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 34
- LLOYD HENRY KENTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 37
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 38
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.